"Washington" won without Ovechkin in the lineup for the first time in the NHL season

Hockey club Washington Capitals on Monday, November 25, on the road defeated the Florida Panthers with a score of 4-1 in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Lars Eller scored a double for the Capitals (18th and 59th), Jacob Chikran (42nd) and Ivan Miroshnichenko (60th) scored another goal, reportsSport-Express.

Niko Mikkola (7th) scored for the Panthers.

For "Washington" this is the first victory after the injury of forward Alexander Ovechkin.

"Capitals" after today's game is in third place in the Eastern Conference with 29 points, and "Florida" with 25 points - on the sixth line.

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Ovechkin was injured in the third period of the Washington Capitals' game against Utah on Nov. 19. The hockey player hurt his knee in a collision with Utah forward Jack McBain and was forced to leave the ice with the help of another player. Washington Capitals coach Spencer Carbery later revealed that Ovechkin was being examined after the injury. The hockey player's agent Gleb Chistyakov said that Ovechkin feels normal.

Ovechkin's injury stopped his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's record, in the match with Utah Ovechkin increased the total number of goals in the regular season to 868 and cut the Canadian's lead to 26 goals.